Searching for links between endotoxin exposure and pregnancy loss: CD14 polymorphism in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-350

  Karhukorpi, Jari ^a,b   Laitinen, Tarja ^c,d   Karttunen, Riita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Finnish Red Cross   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

CDC14; LPS; Miscarriage; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0141459117     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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